Water-closet seat.



PATENTED AUG. v, 1906.

L. E E KRAMER.

v WATER cLosET SEAT.

APPLIGATIO FILED NOV. 29. 1905.

W/ 7'NE SSE S.'

Afro/WE UNITED sinirEsv PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS KRAMER, or EvANsviDLE,1NDiANA,AND FEANKLOUIS KRAMER,

OF `EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY;

SAID LOUIS KRAMER ASSIGNOR TO NEW'VORK DIMENSIONS SUPPLY COMPANY, OF NEWYORK, N. Y'.

wATEncLosE-rsEAr.

l No. 828,125.

' the count of Essex and State of New Jersey,

citizens o the United States, have invented a "new and ImprovedWater-ClosetA Seat, of which the following a full, clear, and exactdescription. .1. h

'The purpose of the inventlon '1s to provide a speclal construction ofwater-closet seat wherein the greatest possible amount of strength willbe obtained, together with economy in labor-and material. "The inventionconsists in the novel .construction and' combinationA of the severalparts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthisfspecification, in whlch similar ch aracters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures. Figure 1 is-a plan view of theimproved water-closet seat. Fig. 2r-is 'a section-taken practically onthe line 2 2 of Figsl, ad'Fi 3 isasection taken at riglitanglesrtlt at*and prac ca yon'theline sectinnscare;iemployed%namely, dorear vsetioniAp-side sections :AHand A2, and a front. section AS-to etherwithfour auxiliary or corner sections, B', B2; and B. The bod sections A andA', Az and A3 are collective y shaped at their inner edges to form thecustomary closet-seat ope'ningA4 and are connected one with the other bya tongue 11, formed at one end of a section entering a'gro'ove 10 in theabu'tting end of an o posm' section, as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and)3.Vhere the rear section A connects with the' side sections-A and A2, theouter edges of the said sections are cut away to produce inclinedsurfaces 12, l

Specification of Letters Patent.v Application filed November 29, 1905.`Serial Noi'll and where the forward main section Aa con- Patented Aug.7, 11906.

" I nects with the'side' sections A( andA'uthe outer ed es of saidsections are similarliyl1 cut awa to orm mchned surfaces 13, as 1s s ownin, ig.,.1.' The corner-'or auxiliary sections'l B, '134,'4 B2, and Bhave strai ht inner edges and''ounded outer edges, and said auxiliarysections Bl and B are made to closely engage with the cut-away edges 12'of the main sec- 'tions `A', A', and A,'while the auxiliary sections Bzand B3 are made to engage with the cut-away edges 13 of the mainsections A A", and A3; Where the main and the auxiliary sections engage,'registering grooves 15 'are produced in` said edges, and ke s 14 arefitted in thesaid ooves, securely astening the sections toget er, as isshown ini Figs. 1 and 2. The main and the auxiliary sections of the seatare further connected by dowels'l.

In, order to strengthen'the structure, glue or-itsfequivalent is appliedat the tongue-andgrove connections to the keys 14 and the' owels16. Thegrainof the-wood inthe several main and auxiliary sections 'runs inopposite directions to the direction of the gram 1n an adjacent sectionin order to obtain a maximum of strength.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as newand desire to secureby Letters "1. A water-closet seat consisting ofV a series of mainsections havin their opposing ends united by tongue-an -groove.connecl`vtions, the outer edges of the main sections where they connect'being cut away to present inclined edges, and auxiliak -sections fittedto the said inclined edges o the main sections, the saidauxiliarysections being con- A n ected with the main sections bytongue-andgroove and dowel connections, so passed through as toositively lock all of the pieces `contamed in t e seat.

2. A water-closet seat, consistingv of a see .ries of main sectionshavin their opposing ends united by tongue-an -groove connections,theouter edges of the said sections Where the? connect being out sway tooiler l names to this specification in the presence 01"' inclined e ges,auxiliary sections fitted to the two subscribingr witnesses.

inclined edges of the mein sections, theopposing edges of the main andthe auxiliary 5 sections having registering grooves, keys it- Witnessesto signature of Louis Kramer ted in such registering grooves, and dowels`ALBERT G. HOLLANDER,

LOUIS KRAMER. i l

passed through the auxiliary sections into M. M. Vfnisnnl.

i i i FRANK LoUIs KRAMER.

the main sections, the grain of Wood in op- Witnesses to signature ofFrank L. Kraosing setions runninu in opposite directions, mer 1o ior thepurposes s eeied.

WALLACE GUGHETTREE In testimony W iereof We have signed our GEO. B.MILLS.

